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Fiddletown California Map

Explore Fiddletown, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Fiddletown, California

How to Use This Fiddletown, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fiddletown, California. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of California or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Fiddletown.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Fiddletown
State	California (CA)
County	Amador County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.503797
Longitude	-120.755489
Population	279
Density	23.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95629
Area Code	530
County Seat	Jackson
School District	Amador County Unified School District

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About Fiddletown, California

Fiddletown is a locality in Amador County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 279. The population density is 23.6 people per km². Fiddletown is located at 38.5038°N, 120.7555°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95629.

Fiddletown claims a quiet expanse where the North Fork Dry Creek carves a shallow, sun-drenched channel through the earth. It lies 13.6 miles south-southeast of Diamond Springs, CA (from Diamond Springs, CA: bearing 166°T), and is situated 8.2 miles northwest of Pine Grove. The air here holds a dry, golden clarity, shimmering above the oak savanna that stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada. In the stillness of late afternoon, the light turns the color of pale honey, catching the edges of the dry grasses and the weathered bark of ancient trees. Fiddletown Park provides a modest, open space where the day’s heat slowly dissipates into the cooling shade of the evening, and the landscape remains defined by its inland isolation, far from the damp influence of any coast.

History lingers in the architecture of Fiddletown, reflecting a time when the search for mineral wealth drew ambitious travelers to these rugged slopes. The local economy has long since shifted, finding a rhythm in the quiet cultivation of the nearby Shenandoah Valley, where vineyards now replace the frantic industry of the past. Life moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the proximity of the Mount Zion State Forest and the intermittent presence of the D'Agostini Reservoir, which holds the stillness of the region in its depths. Those who wander toward the North Trail find a landscape that demands attention to detail, where the persistence of the land and the memory of its early settlers remain etched into the character of the soil itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fiddletown Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 283° W
Chew Kee Store (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 284° W
Sobon Estate Museum (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 360° N
River Pines Playground (Local Recreation) — 2.9 mi, 015° N
Shenandoah Valley Museum (Museum) — 3.1 mi, 339° N
Norman Waters Park (Local Park) — 4.6 mi, 244° SW
Local (Gallery) — 5.3 mi, 253° W
El Dorado Ranch (Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 296° NW
The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 230° SW
Claypipers Theatre (Theatre) — 6.9 mi, 231° SW
Historic Joseph H. Thomas House (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 213° SW
3 Fish Studios (Gallery) — 6.9 mi, 212° SW
Keystone Mine (Historic Ruins) — 7.0 mi, 212° SW
Sutter Gold Mine (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 205° SW
North Fork Cosumnes River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.6 mi, 343° N
Sutter Creek Theatre (Theatre) — 8.1 mi, 199° S
Amador County Model Railroad Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 139° SE
Twin Bridges Swimming Hole (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 019° N
Change House Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 188° S
Massa Tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 9.7 mi, 187° S
Impound Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.8 mi, 186° S
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 10.2 mi, 041° NE
North Fork Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.6 mi, 133° SE · 2,970 acres
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 10.8 mi, 054° NE · 703k acres
Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.6 mi, 161° S · 2,737 acres
Iron Ivan (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 223° SW
Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 15.2 mi, 105° E · 901k acres
Placerville Art Gallery (Gallery) — 15.7 mi, 351° N
Mokelumne Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.6 mi, 090° E · 104k acres
Desolation Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 37.7 mi, 053° NE · 64k acres

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